Saturday, July 14, 2012

16 September - History and Importance of the Day



International Day for the Preservation of Ozone Layer



1638 Louis XIV of France born.
1810 Mexican revolt against Spanish began.


1787 - At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, delegates from twelve states voted unanimously to approve the proposed U.S. Constitution.

1862 General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate armies were stopped at Antietam in Maryland by General George B. McClellan. By nightfall 26,000 men were dead, wounded, or missing.

1908 - The first fatality involving powered flight occurred. A biplane piloted by Orville Wright fell from a height of 75 feet, and Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge died. Wright had serious injuries.

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